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For me, creating characters is like summoning presences. Each figure emerges from a restlessness, a gesture, an unanswered question. These are types that reveal themselves slowly—gaining voice, body, secrets—and begin to inhabit both the page and the stage.

 

I have a deep interest in building characters that resist easy definition, that challenge the reader’s and viewer’s perception. Figures who carry internal tensions, conflicting desires, and silences rich with meaning. My creative process involves exploring these complexities and allowing each character to interact with the story, the context, and, above all, the audience.

 

I am constantly seeking to renew these figures. They emerge, return, reinvent themselves. Sometimes, a character escapes from one narrative and finds a home in another. The same figure may appear as a quiet villain in a short story and later become a tragic hero on stage. This fluidity is part of the creative game—and the joy of storytelling.

 

In this space, I share some of those creations. Characters born from words, movements, and silences, who continue to evolve with each new performance, each new chapter, and every unfolding mystery.